Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

The new Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will offer an EPA-estimated 67 miles per gallon equivalent (mpge) city/highway/combined when it hits dealerships in California this fall, and an EPA-estimated driving range rating of 312 miles (502 km) on a single fill of hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Very broadly, the biomass-to-gasoline (BTG) process assessed in the NREL report gasifies biomass to produce a syngas rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This syngas is then converted into methanol, and the methanol is converted to gasoline using the methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process first developed by Exxon Mobil.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Physics laboratories and even a few individuals have successfully fused the nuclei of hydrogen, liberating energy. According to the lab’s lore, Spitzer came up with the idea while riding a ski lift at Aspen Mountain in 1951. PPPL converted Spitzer’s Model C stellarator into a tokamak in 1969.

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